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- Russian cars are maybe not the best cars in the world, but they definitely have their fans. Especially LADA which was very popular in the 80s and early 90s (especially Lada Niva), but nowadays can rarely be seen outside of Russia. Let's remember the history of this brand and try to understand why it lost all of its popularity?
00:00 - Introduction
01:20 - History
05:06 - Buying a car in USSR
06:50 - LADA after the collapse of the USSR
09:44 - Future of LADA
The Lada is one of the brightest symbols of Soviet Russia. One of the most reliable cars in the world. Or one of the worst cars ever made. Depends on who you ask. It was created by a company called AvtoVAZ in a beautifull city of Togliatti (and no, it is not in Italy, it's in Russia!) Its heyday, if it had one, was in the 1970s, but a significant number of cars remain on the roads today, and hold a special place in the hearts and minds of many Russians. The keys to it's success were competitive price, reliability, simple DIY-friendly mechanics, and simple functionality. The car was built under license in several other countries in Europe, Africa and South America. Competitive pricing and ease of maintenance have made the Ladas a popular vehicle for police, cabs, and a variety of civil service and civil defense vehicles in many parts of the world. There have been ups and downs in the history of Avtovaz, but the current fall, unfortunately, has dragged on. The people's car of the Soviet Union was never able to recover from its downfall, and each year the company became more and more unprofitable. It was sold to the French from Renault in 2009, and 12 years later they announced the merging of the LADA and Dacia brands. Which means the end of the era of real Russian cars under the LADA name.
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In my family we had a LADA SAMARA, I'm from Colombia (in Southamerica), it was a really big, nice and reliable car, it was a 1994 model!
yea in in 80s in Perestroika times young LADA engineers created LADA 2108, they looked to Opel and Simca models design of that times and to Opel engines. Also in the end of 80s they created LADA 2110 and begun to produce that in the mid 90s after gangsta attacks and etc. The quality of part was bad in that period but become better again in 2000s . When renault bought part of Avtovaz that wasn't so bad but Renault-Nissan things caught local production.. When korean cars became more popular Renault-Nissan begun war with them and bought all Avtovaz . The plant come to sstagnation cause Bu Anderson use plant for rebuying Renault components without localization Renault became reacher Lada cought the problems. Modern times Lada still be most popular car in main part of Russia waithout Moscow and S.Peterburg and eastern towns were japanese cars occupy the market in 90s. Autor of the video never was in other towns of Russia i think he's from Moscow and thinks that all Russia is like in his home
Big? It was a c-segment car.
Not small, but certainly not "big".
@@Skoda130 even the 2 door hatch looks pretty roomy in comparison to other cars in the segment.
I'm from Jamaica, I grew up in one of these
I was the painter at a Ford dealership that literally gave me a year old Lada that was traded in, they didn't want it on the lot. It turned into a project, the mechanics went crazy on it, the upholstery department redid everything, and I painted it in black pearl. I kept it for the Canadian winters, cause they can't seem to get stuck.
I had an uncle that worked for the MNR in the '70s/'80s and drove a red Niva during that time. That thing was really at home in the deep woods of North Ontario.
I almost had a Niva, but I thought people would think I was into Ladas, so I turned it down. Dumb kid 🙄😅
Did you guys turned into a fucking group b style rally car??
Got stuck very easy in a UK winter
That's a damn shame, it must suck to be you 🤨
Fascinating history. Thank you!
Yo, I subscribed
Nice vids mate!
Why does Lada run so quiet? Your knees block your ears --- XD
How do you double the value of a Lada? Fill the petrol tank.
@@Setarko Well, the all-mighty Trabi is made of recicled jeans
get out of our house comrade, no one makes fun of a lada and gets away with it
Why do you need three hands to drive Lada: one for the steering wheel, one for the shifting gears and one to wipe off tears.
@@lordtuxlozad ikr, those tears of joy are un controlable
As far as I can remember it from my childhood, everybody wanted to get rid of these cars in Hungary during the 90s, since the market got flooded by Western cars. But now certain people buy the restored Ladas for a lot of money and handle them like they are some Aston Martins or such. There are Lada fanclubs or simply very proud old (first) owners. Hungarians use the term "Zhiguli" for Lada 1200s too, fortunately it's an easy word to pronounce here. Lada 1500 was in my heart for a while, but I started to question my sanity when I wanted to buy this as a first car in the 21st century, haha.
Do you know why the name was changed from ''Zhiguli'' to Lada for export?? All to do with it sounding to close to the word ''Gigolo'' , they thought it would not sell very well with men ))))
@@MrTarmonbarry I think it was in the video too, that the word "Zhiguli" is hard to pronounce in many non-Slavic countries. I think the similarity with the word "Gigolo" played no role in the name change, but yeah, it's still funny. 😆
@@Ed87 The name is not to hard to pronounce once you have a small amount of the Russian language and it is one of the easier Russian words . The name change is correct regarding the similarity to ''Gigolo '', at least according to my Soviet born wife )))
It's way better quality than even a Mercedes C class.
Zhiguli was or is the original name , it was changed to Lada for the export market because Zhiguli sounds similar to gigolo and nobody wanted to drive a gigolo )))))
A friend of mine bought a Niva when they first became available in Canada.
It was inexpensive, easy to fix, much, much stronger than expected.
He owned it for 12 years.
What year was that? LADA also started to export to the US but when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1980, outrage resulted in plummeting sales. One LADA was pushed off a cliff in protest and a picture of that car in its final seconds, made the news.
As an Italian, you can imagine my feelings on a 124 with stronger suspensions and thickest steel panels. Also Lada Niva is so popular down here!
The "brick"-Lada, which was a copy of Fiat 124, had stronger chassis, better suspension and rear drums instead of disks. Those are the differences I know
(Nobody asked, but it doesn't cost me anything to write here)
Fiat 125p: *let me introduce myself*
@@nemolevola Interestingly, the rear drums were chosen because they faired better than the original disks in the snow.
@@GhostOfDamned The 125p was objectively worse car than a Lada, as it was an older Fiat 1500 internals with more modern looking 124/125 based exterior. Lada was just a modification of more modern 124.
@@nemolevola also soviets modified the engine, made it OHC
I remember back in the seventies, my chemistry teacher had a Lada, he wouldn't admit that it was a lada so he told us that it was a Russian made Fiat.
russian engineering talents of brutal simplicity and function over form work much better when they build offroad trucks and tractors, like kirovec, bukhanka, 6x6 or 8x8 trucks, kamaz, ural and such.
As you say , brutal simplicity , that was their secret . Cheap parts and easy to fix . There are thousands of them here in Kharkiv , both the Lada and Zhiguli , oneis parked outside my apartment every day with a man selling benzine , he has something like 200 liters or more in the back
Same goes for Kalashnikov
Exspeciall when Russian engineering is an exact copy of an outdated capitalist FIAT 12... 😂😂😂😂
@@steffenrosmus9177 An exact copy yes but heavily modified for Russian conditions. Thats probably why there are so many still on the roads and all the Fiat,s have rotted away to nothing
@@MrTarmonbarry the only modification were the suspension and gas tank as well as the piping. Robust yes, but desirable?
Here in Hungary the old sedans (2101, 2105, 2107) are popular for motorsports, especially rally, becvause they are rear wheel drive, they are like an eastern european MX-5. You can get 190 horsepower by swapping in the 1.6 litre Niva engine and boring it to 1.8 - 1.9 litres, but building an engine is not cheap. You can get race transmissions, VFTS style wide-body kits, limited slip diffs and almost anything.
I like the simplicity and minimalist design, I do think they are beautiful cars.
The Lada Niva is a fantastic car, perfect if you live in the rough countryside, simple design. I rode one in Vietnam, and in France they have a great reputation.
while Lada is a meme kinda, I really do wish Lada would make a brand new Niva like how Suzuki keep making the Jimny, modern and yet affordable.
Yeah a Facelift Niva or a retro Juguli in 70s or 80s Retro look
There is a new one but it is the ''Chevrolet'' Niva
@@MrTarmonbarry wow I am talking about a budget G Klasse but not the 63 but a niva lul
@@konstantinnagler180 Sorry i dont know all the different ones , see loads of them every day , there is a dark red Jiguihli parked outside right now bur what model it is i have no idea . I like them , very practical and not bad looking . At least the old cars had some style and character about them
@@MrTarmonbarry it's now Lada again, they got the name and right back.
Your English and knowledge of Anglo culture is quite good
Germans also like Lada Niva. I've seen many Lada Niva's in Karlsruhe and a Zhiguli from the Soviet Police either. In Karlsruhe there is a workshop where has a license to repair and maintain Lada cars. I'm proud that my family are from Tolyatti 🥺
In Ostdeutschland lieben wir Lada 💪🏻, robust und zuverlässige.
Ich habe mir erst 2022 einen Lada 2105 aus Bulgarien gekauft und baue ihn hier in Berlin wieder auf.
I have a friend in the US that collected Fiats. Good luck getting them started. 😄😄
FIAT = Known in the USA as Fix It Again Tony.
@@starventure it's Fix it again tomorrow in UK :]]
I know hardly anybody who collects US cars in Europe. They‘re not worth collecting. Oh, and what happened to Pontiac and Oldsmobile? Have they stopped releasing new „cars“?
Hence why the original model of Kopeyka had a slot to hand crank it in a pinch :D
American cars didnt quite flood our roads like the Lada did.....And FIAT owns Chrysler now😂😂😂
In the nineties you could sell your lada in the UK for a profit to Balts and Russiansand they ended up back in the USSR. They were better equipped than ones in the former USSR. I scared the hell out of a Lithuanian looking to buy my mother's Zhiguli when I started talking to him in Lithuanian. Pretty rare for a Scot in those days.
My father used to own a 1200cc Lada station wagon. It was old-fashioned but rarely broke down. For some reason the plating was much thicker and heavier than jn western-produced cars, making it a rather slow car. But you had a nice upright sitting position!
Yeah, and you know the funniest thing? When first LADAs appeared in USSR, they were instantly called "tin cans", because the thickness of its body metal was "only" 0.8 millimeters, while the "Moskvich" and "Volga" produced in the Soviet Union had the thickness of 1 mm or even more. I drove a "Volga" once, it really felt like I was driving a small tank
Lada has been on quite a journey. From the Zhiguli series being based on an Italian car (Fiat 124), Lada actually had a British Chief designer for much of the last decade. Now Avtovaz (which makes Ladas) is owned by the Renault Group - so the senior management of the company in Russia are largely French.... When I first visited Moscow in 2005 almost every other car was a Lada, but these days the roads are dominated by foreign-brand cars. You have to go out to the smaller Russian cities and villages, out in the Russian regions, to see a lot of Ladas. You still see a few Volgas on the road and, very rarely, a Moscovich.
I love Lada. People were used to treat these cars like crap but now everyone wants one... sadly there’s not many left and prices are sky high.
I was thinking about saving up some money and buying myself a new classic Niva, but in Estonia they don’t import Russian cars because of some political issues and because of the Chinavirus borders are all closed.
Now that you said that they don’t make classic Nivas any more... very sad. Classic niva was the real deal. Probably my favorite car with Lada 01 and 03.
Those new ladas are not my favorite. I’m not really into front wheel drive cars. And French cars in general are designed strange. All plastics, curvy and girly.
I like our good old Soviet automobiles. I think they should leave the outlook and just modernize it slightly. I don’t see anything wrong with our previous designs. These were some great cars in the union. Easy to fix, easy to maintain... what else could one ask for.
Nowadays many drive German cars but those cars are full of electronics that break down on our terrible roads. Very expensive to fix btw. No good for the wallet
Fun fact: "Lada" means 'barn' in Swedish. Which is fitting, since the Lada does feel like the kind of car owned by an agriculture working family in the USSR (an obvious misnomer but still). It probably drives as well as one, too!
That's funny. "Lada" means big storage box in Romanian. I think it kinda fits too 😀
I owned two of them back in the day; loved 'em! I'd buy another one today if I could.
Ladas were quite popular in Finland back in the day, because they were a lot cheaper than Western cars of similar size. Some people also bought them as a political statement. Soon after the collapse of the USSR, a lot of Russians came to Finland to buy all the export model Ladas they could find, and took them back to Russia. I guess at that time they had plenty of Lada spare parts laying around, so it would make sense to only buy Ladas instead of VW or Toyota, because Western brands had no service infrastructure in Russia.
I love the Lada because it cost as much as a Lamborghini to buy.
it depends from your loocaition. I found one for 3K euros. Thats not much money for a car in germany
You mean every russian car because the sanctions the west basically puts on them
@@User-dc6sm Really? People still buy 1-1.5 k€ cars from Germany. And these even drive.
@@trex2621 Used of course
Man, i am so glad i found this channel :D
Very interesting how in Romania too it was just as hard for the common man to buy the people's car we made, Dacia. And Dacia too was sold to Renault to save it from going bankrupt. And somehow we too use plenty of Lada's. In western Romania, especially the mountain side every other house hold owns a Lada. It's qualities are admired here too.
Well, I`m sure it is not bad that our old Russian Lada buddies will turn into Frenchmen in disguise - they`ve already done it.. Have you seen the inside of Vesta? There are Renault and Nissan components only))) But the cars are really good! A super configuration of Vesta is cheaper than Hyundai Solaris and offers more...At the same time, there will always be Old Ladas for 1000 dollars on Avito for retro-slavs 😀😀😀
I've seen a few Lada Nivas here in northern Sweden. They definitely fill a certain niche.
They were in use by the Finnish defence force back in the 90s
You forgot to mention that all these vehicles came stock with antibear-theft technology. Not even a BMW has that.
well of course, I just thought that it is trivial and standard in Russia
I had 2 of the classic Riva [VAZ 2105] type! Good strong reliable and easy to repair.
Here in Brazil we have a lots of Lada that come to our country in 80's - and they're still on the streets.
My mother since that looked an "Niva" (as we say here in Brazil), fell in love LOL
Thanks for this video. Your channel is amazing.
For my little knowledge of 'Our's glory' car industry, this car like lego for some level of imagination. If some part broke u can swap it with different one from different model car, truck and so on. This create more creative mechanics, people are better at dealing with mechanical problems, or solving other problems, because this machine has a lot of them.
That is why any attempt to put a man on Mars will have to have Russians as part of the effort. Long experience with dealing with things that are less than reliable and being able to fix and keep going with what you have on hand. That is a very very useful thing. One of the more admirable qualities in my opinion.
Well thats certainly lookin’ at it glass half full!
God i feel sorry for former soviet mechanics, i remember my days as a tech, how much we “loved” our unreliable machines lol
thats why i like the pre 1990 cars, you didnt need a degree in computer science to fix them, just a hammer a ball of string and some imagination comrade, screw these modern cars they all look the same and dont get me started on putting the indicators on the inside of the headlights, what genius came up with that? ive nearly been killed crossing the street a few times because you cant see them
@@cucumber623 it was the u.s. industries as a whole started these shenanigans.
Let me clarify my point,
If you were to easily repair your machine or machine is so reliable that needs no fixing; it means only profit from selling and no maintenance for you and since no maintenance Cost to you No profit on their part too there.
So they collectively began making parts with less reliable material or techniques and made it harder for common man to repair.
Before that they would give you a manual on how to repair with detailed information, and sadly since this is economically sound argument many of their western counterparts followed suit.
Sadly this is the reality we live in today.
yes tats why second car was hanging on garage walls.. we had to have every single part of it cause it was constantly broken
Ladas are extremely rare in the USA. When people first spotted a few being driven on American highways in the 1980s, they would follow them for miles just to gawk at them. There were almost no Russian things of any kind in America back then.
Renault did a nice job with Dacia, have some faith, I think Lada is going to do well.
And if you want proof look at this weekends Nurburgring 24 star.
Really love your content man! Informative and with humour!
Love your channel my guy.your topics of choice come across as equal parts entertaining and well researched.
Thanks!
The Fiat 124 was considered a junk car here in the States when they imported them here, I had a neighbor that drove one for a while back in the 1970s. I can just imagine the Soviet version of the car and you had to pay a lot for it and you had to wait was like. And they really could not just make VW Beatles at the time, The German-Soviet War was too close to everyone alive at the time.
Well, they probably could if VW factories were located in the Eastern Germany. But they were not, sadly.
Yeah and well Russia's Roads are hard on cars, more so back then. It's a big what if, rather than blockading Berlin, they when the other way and made deals for things like the VW's and the Marshall Plan Aid that rebuild much of what was destroyed. We will never know. And in 2021 we have Russian Dash Cams to watch on youtube. I spent many many hours on such time-consuming things one can do with an internet connection.
Lada was junk, but Beetle was primitive even in comparison. You know, for years VW sent a gold watch to anyone who managed to drive 100 000 km with his Beetle.
American cars are, for good reason, considered as junk here in the UK. Rattley, rusty and primitive mechanicals. To be honest I'd prefer a Lada to a run of the mill American gas guzzling scrapper.
please do not talk about cars, you got the dumbest mechanic of all the world...
My parents built their house thanks to a Lada...28 years later I still hear about how good indestructable it was, how they carried bricks, cement and tools and timber logs with it and how another car got smashed when they hit their car.. :) so my next off road dream it will be and nicel 4x4 niva 2000... I found some for sale in romania, moldova and ukraine but was wondering if russia's prices are worth a travel.. thank you for your great videos anyway
Someone who stole FSO Polonez crashed full speed into my mom's Lada while she was in a car. Polonez became a harmonica and hile my mom could have easily died there it was the suspension, what took most of the force.
This channel is seriously underrated. He deserves more subscribers than he has.
I’ve seen a few LADA NIVAs in Italy. Many owners in the 1990s simply replaced the LADA engine with a FIAT engine since the quality of its engine parts left much to be desired.
In the late 1980s, original brand car parts were hard to find.
Quite a few inaccuracies.
The Peugeot 204 was ruled out because it wasn't suitable for mass production in the numbers that USSR wanted.
The R16 was actually the car that won the trials. But in the last moment they tried with the Fiat as the italian government were friendlier.
The 2101 and Fiat 124 are actually quite different. Engine, gearbox, rear suspension, brake system, everything was changed. The engine is completely different, the gearbox was stronger, the rear suspension was redesigned and the brakes front and rear were also changed - the fronts got beefier calipers, the rears were changed to drums as the discs sucked. And it got 2 circuit braking system, when the fiat had a single circuit.
The second model was the 2103, the 2102 was the third model to come out.
And fwd is worse than rwd ;)
And also you said "the models from 2101 to 2109 are the same"
2109 is the 5 door version of the Samara (2108 is the 3 door). Only a handful of parts are interchangeable between the 2101-2107 and the Samara models.
Awesome video! Thank you from Pennsylvania! I've always wanted a Niva! Would fit right in with my collection of old Fiats.
Yugoslavia did a similar deal with Fiat, we had Yugo and Fićo.
Very good and balanced video on this topic. At least in my opinion. Good work!
Average Lada description: Runs good needs body parts
This channel is criminally underrated.
Great vid again Setarko. I owned a Lada Niva for a long time and I loved it because I am a fan of no-nonsense technology.
The brands like Lada but sure also Vostok as a watchmaker representing Russia in a nutshell, and maybe more than the more famous matryoshka dolls.
due to environmental regulations ( CO2 taxes ), an imported Lada Niva will cost between 40.000 and 52.000 euro in the Netherlands. In comparison, you could get also a brand new Audi Q2 or Q3 for the same money,
Its also save to say a Lada Niva is more exclusive than a Bentley in the Netherlands ;-)
well, MAYBE Lada will add Euro-5 engines to some Nivas some day...but that won't happen probably
@@Setarko nope not going to happen, beside Euro 5 compliant engines, there is also a long list of other mandatory safety systems required for the EU market. which is why another Icon the land defender was replaced with a completely new design
@@AntonKramer That's what happens when you produce the same car for 40 years. Unfortunately the rest of the world will move on at some point. The Niva needs a comprehensive redesign if it wants to survive.
Ladas are absolute tanks. A favorite in Kazakhstan
Still drive my 2107 1300. It was cheap to buy, doesn't really burn a lot of gas, and it's easy to repair by myself. No electronics, good suspension compared to Audi/VW etc. I don't want any other car. Lada just does the job.
Love your russian accent, it makes that special "vibe" in videos. And content is great too, of course!
I love your channel! Your information on Russia is so entertaining. I am so addicted to learning more about Russia. Thank you and please keep making more videos. 🙂
lada niva and 2107 were both loves of mine. the nica is still my favorite!
After enjoying so many of your videos on russian culture, I had to subscribe. I really like your videos and the thick accent meke them so much better.
French + cars = trouble. It's a miracle of human gullibility that Peugeot, Citroen and Renault are all still going. That back chrome bumper Lada at 2:34 looks utterly stunning
In Poland we often say, that everyone beginning with an F is shit. Ferrari, Ford, Fiat, Folkswagen, French...
It was intentional to write VW with an F.
The cars at 0:18 are actually amazing
This might sound weird, but I appreciate the simplicity of cars from the previous eras. I hate all the bells and whistles that are stuffed into cars these days. I just want something that runs and can get fixed easily and cheaply.
I really want a Lada. It seems like an unusual car to master. I’ve heard they don’t show RPM, so you have to listen to the car to know when to shift.
I think they do have an RPM meter tho
Who the hell looks at the RPM to know when to shift?? You just do it by ear and by feel.
Just commenting and "clicking the Like button" for the TH-cam algorithm. Hooruh comrade.
очень хорошая работа, спасибо
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I saw a Lada here in Sarasota FL in the mid 80s with Quebec plates. The FIAT 1200 was sold here before 1974 but not the Soviet Lada. This one was likely driven down by a Canadian tourist.
I am Canadian 🇨🇦and i owned 3 Niva’s.. best 4x4 $$ can buy.!!! Opinion.👍
Underrated channel
I desperately want one of the classic Lada Neva’s.
My parents always told me that Ladas were very popular back in the 70s and 80s here in Chile, along with Zastabas which were Yugoslav cars lol
LADA VESTA SPORT is my Love! I just want them to make it with automatic transmission and the powerful engine. Hate it that Renault-Nissan gonna destroy our car industry identety. But I admit it's our fault that we couldn't keep the car industry in shape and sold it to the WESTERNERS😡
you can’t make a good match (fire match)
Thanks for sharing !
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I lived in a very small town in Canada in the 80's and we actually had a Lada dealer.
Why is Russia so big?
They had to take the turning circle of a Lada into account :)
My dad owned a Lada Samara and loved that car. He drives it now on the eternal highway.
Cant be bigger then an 70’s american sedan lol
Very interesting and my self being a car enthusiast, I was always curious about the cars of your country. I wish I could speak Russian. Your English is very good. Thank You for a great presentation.
There is Lada's here in Croatia, when I was a kid there were more but i definitely still see Lada Nivas on the street
VW's from after WW2 are collector's items.Old restored Ladas will also command a price as history very soon.
It is still possible to see some of these cars here in Brazil but it is very rare. The models available here were the Lada laika, samara and niva.
I have a 2019 LADA NIVA. I love it! It does exactly what is was designed to do. I only drive it a few weeks per year when I visit my home in Russia, so it should last forever.
3:58 Why change what works? 😄 Good video.
The front styling on the vesta looks nearly identical to the Mitsubishi Space Star (Aka Mirage). I guess it's not too surprising since Renault also owns Nissan who owns Mitsubishi.
I actually really want one of the lada classics, will have to drive over to russia and get one some day :)
If they simply improved the internals of the old models that everyone loves and knows them for, do you think they could do somewhat well of that?
NO, THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. THEY TOO HAVE TO HAVE PROFIT AS GOAL
Very well made documentary
My father had a lada niva years ago, the thing was a freaking tank
Hi from germany.
One of my dream projects. To costemise an old lada niva.
Is it possible to buy an old one right now in Germany?
@@Setarko easily, ladas are beloved in the area of the former DDR, i own two zhigulis, 1985 VAZ-2107 and 1992 VAZ-2104
I used to own a kopeika from 1987 but i sadly crashed it
@@Setarko yeah some ladas you can still buy here. But they become pretty expensive and highly taxed:/
Hi , you gave the figures for the Lada on British roads and how the number fell after the collapse of the soviet union . A lot of that was because they were being bought and sent back to Russia
Yes also because export ladas were better built than domestic ones
We need an update to this now since most foreign companies and joint ventures have pulled out of Russia. What are the plans for AvtoVaz and Lada now?
Well, I do plan to make a video about Russian car market now. (Spoiler: It's all China). As for Avtovaz - in short, they are still making their cheaper models like Granta, but with a constant shortage of parts
@@Setarko I see. The Chinese have been improving steadily. Going are the days of dirt cheap Chinese products with low quality. They are going the way of Japan and South Korea, steadily improving quality until they establish a strong foothold then they will increase prices as well. Their TV's and appliances are already going that route.
I know Russia still makes great trucks and commercial vehicles, with Kamaz and UAZ. i wonder if joint ventures with Chinese automakers can give the Russian passenger car market a new lease on life?
There is no reason a skilled workforce like Russia's should be relegated to a 2nd class manufacturing economy.
Would love to see a day when Russian commercial products are as highly regarded as their military ones.
My father had a Lara back in the 80's in Jamaica. He used it as a taxi. It eventually caught on fire on the road.
The Niva transcends. Saw a guy out in west Texas off roading with one a couple years ago.
I seriously want a LADA Niva
My favorite Russian machine, is the
trecol 39294 (why are Russian cars named after router passwords?!)
Six wheel drive and ~44” tires to boot!
(Imagine that, the texan likes the enormous 6x6 truck)
Now it just needs:
•12 valve cummins
•NV5600 transmission
•Dana 60/80/80 axle set up
It would be a perfect machine!
See Texas can into diplomacy!!
I mean, trecol in Russian is just the abbreviation for ""ECOLogical TRansport" (no idea why it is ecological though) and the numbers...who knows!
That thing has a 2.3 liter engine so cramming a 5.9 in there probably wouldn't work. The MZKT-79221 is far superior though. 16 wheel drive and full independent suspension.
@@quentagonthornton49 its a huge truck tho, im willin to bet with some sawzaw action it could be made to fit.
Plus you gotta admit those stock axles are puny lol.
My grandfather had one, i loved it.
Both the maluch and the yugo 100 are both cars that came in eastern European countries that are popular in Russia too
The Awesome Trabant 601 was made for 27 years. The Chinese Volkswagen Santana was also made for 28 years
I remember an article in Motor Trend, Car and Driver, Road & Track, Auto Week about the Lada. It is a badge engineered Fiat 124 and to buy a car in Eastern Europe IE Yugoslavia, Soviet Union, Hungary 🇭🇺, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬, Romania 🇷🇴, East Germany. They put you on a waiting list which you have to wait up to ten years.
I have fond memories of my grandfathers red Lada Niva on early 2000's. Had two doors and folding seats if i remember correctly.
the newer, boxier 210X lada with a trick driveline and engine, (lift it from a BMW, a 6 speed, and engines with vanos, their VVT just crank it up a bit) raise it up a little, and take it rallying, it was a rally car before with barely 200HP, it'd be SWEET
I didn't know that Lada will unite with Dacia. But because I'm romanian, from my perspective, will be an interesting combination.
As an admirer of the LADA, I'm waiting for a full tactical version of the car. Battlefield ready, comrade!
I have a Lada Niva in Ecuador. Holy shit, the car is a nightmare. I cannot get rid of it because nobody would buy it. The sole solution I have is to fill it with dynamite and push it down a cliff. DAMN. If you want, I can send you a pic of that rascal.
haha do it
Sell it for pices on Chile. If it doesn't fall to pices, you might get rid of it succesfully
@@hugoflores5806 i will consider that seriously
i am canadian an we had ladas back in the day, those cars were outdated but very solid compared to korean and uk cars, russian cars are not the worst
Can you make a video about Volga?
Gotta admit, I really want one of there.
what movie is it from? 7:30 . Great video btw
It is called "Zhmurki", a black comedy about crime in the 90s. Pretty cool